Over 98% of mass shootings occurred on gun-free zones, research showsPost Date: 2018-02-16 17:07:59 by Justified1 Comments On the heels of the shooting in Fort Lauderdale that took the lives of five people, a new report has surfaced with some breathtaking statistics about where mass shootings take place. According to the Crime Prevention Research Center, from the 1950s through July 10th of 2016, 98.4 percent of mass shootings have occurred on gun-free zones, with just 1.6 percent occurring where citizens are allowed to have firearms with them. The research was actually updated from a previous figure in response to an article written by the gun-control advocacy group Everytown.org, which attempted to dismiss the CPRCs research, saying the gun lobbys claims that so-called ...

Grassley Says He Wants to Discuss Gun Legislation After MassacrePost Date: 2018-02-15 23:21:20 by hondo6816 CommentsTrump Says Making Schools, Children Safer to Be 'Top Priority' A day after another school shooting massacre, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley indicated hes willing to discuss new gun measures as Democrats begged him Thursday to take up the issue."What are we going to do? How many school shootings do we need in a given year?" Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said, turning to Grassley at a committee meeting. "Im here to say, Mr. chairman please, lets take some action, we cannot see this continue on."Grassley told Feinstein -- a longtime advocate of tougher gun measures -- that he planned even before the shooting to sit down with her and ...

Thoughts & Prayers... and NRA Funding...Post Date: 2018-02-15 09:47:14 by Willie Green19 CommentsMost Americans support stronger gun laws  laws that would reduce deaths. But Republicans in Congress stand in the way. They fear alienating their primary voters and the National Rifle Association.Below are the top 10 career recipients of N.R.A. funding  through donations or spending to benefit the candidate  among both current House and Senate members, along with their statements about the Las Vegas massacre. These representatives have a lot to say about it. All the while, they refuse to do anything to avoid the next massacre. Senate 1.John McCainAriz.Cindy & I are praying for the victims of the terrible #LasVegasShooting & their families. $7,740 ...

Reverse Trump effect? Remington Arms files for chapter 11Post Date: 2018-02-13 19:40:29 by Tooconservative4 Comments A particularly depressing bit of news from my old stomping grounds growing up crosses our desk today. Remington Arms, one of the nations most venerable manufacturers of firearms, is in serious financial trouble and has reached an agreement to file for bankruptcy protection. And according to Bloombergs coverage of this story, the main reason theyre citing for their fiscal woes is Donald Trump. This particular case of assigning blame is probably different from ones youve seen in the past, however. Normally wed hear about Washington passing some new regulation which harms businesses. In this case, theyre saying that President Trump is such a fan of ...

Beware: The United Nations Is Taking Aim at AmmoPost Date: 2018-02-11 09:14:51 by 3-Dee6 CommentsBeware: The United Nations Is Taking Aim at Ammo The United Nations will have a busy year in 2018 on the firearms front. Thats not good news for anyone in the U.S. who buys firearms. When it comes to the U.N. and guns, the best form of action is always inaction. Worse, manufacturers and importers at this years SHOT Showthe Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show, organized by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry, which ran from Jan. 23 to 26believe theyre starting to see the results of past U.N. anti-gun efforts. Bottom line: there are more problems for U.S. gun importers, while China gets a free pass ...

Only A Few Bump Stocks Turned In To Police Despite Massachusetts BanPost Date: 2018-02-05 15:42:43 by hondo682 Comments ESSEX (CBS)  Essex Police Chief Peter Silva held up a bump stock that someone turned in this week as the Massachusetts ban on the devices went into effect. To my knowledge, this is the only one thats been turned in to date, he said. State Police said they received three bump stocks and one trigger crank, as Massachusetts now becomes the first state in the country to make the devices illegal. Controversy has swirled around them ever since a gunman used one to essentially turn a semi-automatic weapon into an automatic one, unleashing hundreds of rounds on a crowd of concertgoers in Los Vegas.Bump stock turned into Essex Police (WBZ-TV) John Rosenthal, who heads up ...

Looney US Congressman Adam Schiff says Russian ads promote 2nd Amendment…’so we all kill each other’ (Video)Post Date: 2018-02-04 18:50:32 by hondo687 CommentsAdam Schiff says Russian ads aimed at pushing Americans to kill each other. The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms and according to California Congressman Adam Schiff, those pesky Russians are using bots to promote the second amendment with an ultimate goal of having Americans kill each other. Once again, another brilliant plan hatched by Putin good thing Schiff caught on to it and can now begin seizing Americans guns so as to thwart Russias evil plan. On Thursday Democrat Schiff spoke to a crowd at the University of Pennsylvania, where the TDS  Russia hysteria ...

Elon Musk sells 10,000 flamethrowers in 48 hoursPost Date: 2018-01-30 06:48:48 by Tooconservative1 Comments Over the last 15 years, Elon Musk's companies have had a big impact on the rocket, electric car, and battery markets. This weekend, Musk entered yet another new market: flamethrowers. Musk's Boring Company began selling branded novelty flamethrowers for $500 apiece. "Obviously, a flamethrower is a super terrible idea," Musk tweeted on Saturday evening. "Definitely don't buy one." By Monday afternoon, customers had reserved 10,000 of the 20,000 units the company planned to produce. Founded in late 2016, the Boring Company's mission is to bring down the cost of underground tunneling. But while it's working on that, it has become a platform for Musk to ...

Pittsburgh Murder Conviction Shows Why Being Afraid Doesn’t Make It Self-Defense Post Date: 2018-01-30 05:35:58 by Deckard24 CommentsWhen you talk about self-defense shooting, the phrase I was in fear of my life gets thrown around a lot. Some will even try and argue that you can use that argument to justify almost any shooting, that as long as you can say you were scared then a jury will let you off the hook. Which, of course, is complete and total bovine excrement. Dont believe me? Tell it to this guy. A ride-share van passenger convicted of murder in the shooting death of a man outside a Pittsburgh club has been sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison. Thirty-eight-year-old Derek Vasos testified that he was scared to death when he shot 28-year-old Donald Ketter Jr. early on Feb. 5 outside ...

Apopka gunmaker catches flak for 'Not Today Antifa' adPost Date: 2018-01-17 07:48:27 by Deckard6 CommentsAn Apopka gunmaker is fighting off criticism for a Not Today Antifa ad it posted online that some say threatens liberal protesters.The ad posted Monday night on Facebook from Spikes Tactical shows four men with bullet-proof vests and holding semi-automatic rifles, staring down a group of black-masked men raising fists and crowbars while fires rage in the background. It reads Berkeley, Portland, Charlottesville, Boston, and Not Today Antifa. Those cities were the sites of high-profile demonstrations from white supremacist groups. Antifa is short for anti-facist and is the term coined for a particularly vocal minority of counter-protesters.In a ...

FBI accuses white supremacist of terror attack on Amtrak train in rural NebraskaPost Date: 2018-01-05 09:24:07 by Willie Green0 CommentsThe FBI says an armed 26-year-old Missouri man who breached a secured area to stop an Amtrak train in southwest Nebraska in October has links to a white supremacist group and expressed an interest in "killing black people," according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.Taylor Michael Wilson, of St. Charles, Missouri, is charged in U.S. District Court in Lincoln with terrorism attacks and other violence against railroad carriers and mass transportation systems.In an affidavit attached to the criminal complaint, FBI Special Agent Monte Czaplewski said there was probable cause to believe that electronic devices possessed by Wilson and firearms owned by him "have been used for ...

Gun Confiscation Effort BackfiresPost Date: 2018-01-03 14:22:24 by Stoner17 CommentsBOSTON - April 20, 1775 National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed on April 19th by elements of a para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw. Speaking after the clash Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement. Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices. The governor, who described the group's organizers as ...

48 Hourss,Waco[Full Thread]Post Date: 2017-12-30 18:27:37 by sneakypete82 CommentsDid anyone else watch this the other night? I had recorded it,and just watched it today,and I am seriously steamed. Long story short,the whole thing came about because a UPS driver decided "something was wrong because what religion NEEDS ALL THOSE GUNS?" (emphasis mine)? It seems obvious he didn't know they had a FFL and were selling guns and demilled "grenade" joke gifts,or if he did know he didn't care. He obviously lied and opened up one package to discover it was full of "grenades" "When I pulled it from the top shelf 5 or 6 grenades rolled out of it." Ask ANYBODY that has ever handled a case of grenades if ANYBODY ever puts them on a ...

Sarah Palin's son arrested for assaulting his fatherPost Date: 2017-12-18 18:20:11 by Willie Green3 CommentsFormer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's oldest son was arrested Saturday night after he showed up at his parents' house and started hitting his father in the head, after threatening to "beat his ass" in a fight over a truck, according to an affidavit from police in Wasilla, Alaska that was published by the Los Angeles Times. According to the affidavit, Sarah Palin called the police, which led to the arrest of her son, Track Palin. Sarah Palin told police her son was freaking out and was on some type of medication. Track Palin, 28, reportedly came to his parents' house after he and his father, Todd Palin, started fighting over a truck that Track Palin wanted to ...

Scared Cops Are ScaryPost Date: 2017-12-18 06:46:28 by Deckard11 CommentsThe acquittal of the officer who killed Daniel Shaver illustrates a double standard in judging self-defense claims.The jurors who acquitted Philip Brailsford of second-degree murder last week were told to judge him based on "how a reasonable officer would act, versus a regular person with no police training," as The Arizona Republic put it. That distinction was crucial, because a "regular person" would never get away with shooting an unarmed man who was crawling on the floor, sobbing, and begging for his life. Like other recent cases in which jurors failed to hold police officers accountable for the unnecessary use of deadly force, Brailsford's acquittal shows that ...

Honolulu Backs Off Order for Medical Marijuana Users to Turn in GunsPost Date: 2017-12-15 14:29:27 by hondo681 CommentsHonolulu Backs Off Order for Medical Marijuana Users to Turn in GunsArizona -(Ammoland.com)- On 28 November, 2017, the Honolulu Star Advertiser wrote that the Honolulu Police Department had been sending letters to people that were both registered gun owners and registered medical marijuana users. The letters ordered the medical marijuana users to turn in their guns. From the staradvertiser.com:The Honolulu Police Department has told legal marijuana users who own guns that they must turn in their weapons within 30 days.In a letter to about 30 medical marijuana card holders on Oahu, the police said you have 30 days upon receipt of this letter to voluntarily surrender your ...

House passes bill loosening gun restrictionsPost Date: 2017-12-06 23:15:04 by buckeroo1 Comments(CNN)The House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday loosening gun regulations and allowing those with permits to carry concealed weapons to legally travel with those firearms to other states, a top priority of the National Rifle Association.The bill passed mostly along party lines, 231-198, with six Democrats supporting it. Fourteen Republicans opposed the legislation, the first major firearms-related bill Congress has voted on since the massacres in Las Vegas and Texas earlier this year. Republicans argued that Americans' Second Amendment rights to bear arms should not end when they cross state lines. "The Bill of Rights is not a philosophical exercise," Georgia ...

DOJ, ATF Announce Plan to Review Legal Status of Bump-Fire StocksPost Date: 2017-12-06 17:53:41 by hondo683 Comments'We will go through the regulatory process that is required by law and we will be attentive to input from the public'A bump-fire stock / Getty Images The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) announced on Tuesday they had initiated a review of the legality of bump-fire stocks. "The Department of Justice has the duty to enforce our laws, protect our rights, and keep the American people safe," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a press release. "Possessing firearm parts that are used exclusively in converting a weapon into a machine gun is illegal, except for certain limited circumstances. Today we begin the ...

Report: FBI ordered 4,000+ guns seized from buyers who failed background checks (ATF "retrieval requests")Post Date: 2017-12-05 19:50:54 by hondo6837 CommentsSemi-automatic rifles are seen for sale in a gun shop in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 4, 2017. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty The FBI issued 4,170 orders last year to seize guns from buyers who should have been blocked by the federal background check system, according to a new report from USA Today. The purchasers include people with criminal records, mental health issues or other red flags.The report said that's the largest number of gun retrieval requests in 10 years, up from 2,892 requests the year before. It was not immediately clear how many of the guns were successfully recovered. Once the FBI issues a gun retrieval request, it's up to agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, ...

Congressman Thomas Massie warns about trojan horse gun bill (Bait & Switch - Reciprocity)Post Date: 2017-12-03 16:29:55 by hondo686 CommentsCongressman Thomas Massie · ALERT: Feinstein/Schumer sponsored gun legislation that amends the Brady bill will be added to Concealed Carry Reciprocity bill (HR 38) in the House this week. As Chairman of the Second Amendment Caucus, Im blowing the whistle on the swamp. Last week, Republicans in the House fast tracked through committee HR 4477, a gun bill titled fix-NICS. The Senate version of this bill is cosponsored by Senator Dianne Feintstein and Senator Chuck Schumer and it will send $625 million over 5 years to states to expand the national background check database. The bill will also advance former President Obamas agenda of pressuring every ...

New Wisconsin Gun Law Lets Kids Of Any Age Hunt If An Adult "Mentor" Is Present Post Date: 2017-11-15 23:57:43 by hondo683 CommentsFrancois Nel/Getty Images Sport/Getty Images As of Saturday, a recently-enacted law in Wisconsin allows all children to hunt with guns as long as an adult is present, regardless of a child's age. The law's primary stipulation is that the adult has to be within arm's length of the child while hunting, though both the adult and child can have their own weapons. The new law is controversial, as some believe it poses a safety threat, while others note that it allows parents to determine what is best for their child, rather than the government.Republican Governor Scott Walker signed the hunting bill into law on Saturday. Previously, in Wisconsin, children aged 10 and older could hunt ...

Planned King County Gun Confiscations Foreshadow Larger, Wider PlansPost Date: 2017-11-14 09:14:26 by Deckard3 CommentsUSA  -(Ammoland.com)- King County Councilmembers have unanimously approved more than $600,000 to target accused domestic abusers who refuse to turn over their firearms to police, as required by law, Seattles NBC affiliate King 5 reports. Federal law requires people served with domestic violence protection orders to surrender their firearms to police.The catalyst for the new-found emphasis is the Texas church massacre killer, whose domestic violence conviction was not entered by the Air Force into the National Criminal Information Center database.A King 5 investigation earlier this year showed how hundreds of domestic abusers in our area hold ...

Antifa fight club: Teaching the far left to punch and shootPost Date: 2017-10-21 01:14:56 by Tooconservative5 Comments Buzzfeed published a story yesterday about efforts by Antifa members to train like-minded leftists to throw a punch and fire a gun. This is entirely predictable if youve been paying attention to the growth of these movements and yet still a bit worrisome: The Haymaker Collective is one of many anti-fascist groups that began offering self-defense courses in the wake of Donald Trumps election and the political upheaval that has followed. Some groups train their members for unforeseen attacks, while other antifa organize more militant trainings to equip people with arms or prepare them for confrontations at protests Members of Haymaker and other more militant anti-fascist ...

Broadcast Networks Push An Anti-Gun Agenda After Vegas ShootingPost Date: 2017-10-17 09:48:54 by Deckard5 CommentsABC, CBS, and NBC gave five times more airtime to pushing gun control than they did supporting gun rights after the Las Vegas mass shooting, according to a new study. The Media Research Center analyzed all of the statements about guns the three broadcast networks carried between Oct. 2 and Oct. 8. In just six days, the networks managed to favor gun control over gun rights by a 5:1 ratio. Between the anchors, reporters, guests and soundbites, the three networks used 30 minutes and 17 seconds to argue in favor of gun control and used just 6 minutes and 27 seconds to favor gun rights. Outside of overall arguments for or against gun control, the networks also spent a whopping 28 ...